Plumbers&#39;s fixture.



N. AUGUST, 1R. PLUMBERS HXTURE. APPUCAUON HLED JULY 18, 1912.

Patented June 8, 1915.

ipre being fitted.

NATHAN AUGUST, JR, 0F NEWARK, NEvV JERSEY.

PLUMBER/S FIXTURE.

Application filed July 18, 191 2. Serial No. 710,245.

To all whom it may oonccerrr Be it known that I, NATHAN AUGUs'r, Jr., acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plumbers Fixtures;and I do hereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exactdescription of the iiH'BUtiOIl, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, and to figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a or device which is made in the ture to beplaced in a line of the place of a portion of pipe be cut out on accountof a .leak.

It :is particularlv adapted for use in water repair section form ofaifixthat needs to or sewer pipes, oisimilar conduits, which are made oflengths of pipe which have a hell on one end, the bell of one sectiongoing over the small end of the next section and being properly c'alkedin place to form a continuous pipe. When a section breaks it necessary,very often, to cut out the broken portion to the hell on the nextadjacent pipe, and then cut a new piece of pipe, including its bell, toapproximately fit the section of pipe that is out out, but long enoughto have its bell embrace the remaining portion of the broken pipe andits small of the pipe next adjacent. This is unsatisfactory very oftenon account of the calking not having a good seat and thus permit tingsome of the lead to flow inside of the pipe. Pipes very often repairedthis way settle and cause new breaks, and it is to correct these defectsthat I have devised the invention herein described.

The fixture described herein comprises two members, a male memberand afemale member, the male member being telescopically arranged in thefemale membenthe two members having co-acting means within them forholding the two members in adjusted positions, this means also acting asa stop or limitation for the hemp gasket used in the calking, and alsoacting to hold the members extended when they are being placed in theline of pipe and permit both I ends to be placed in close abutmentagainst the adjacent sections of pipe into which they Specification ofLetters Patent.

county of Essex and State pipe to take end in the bell- Patented June e,mi 5.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a portion of a line of pipe with the repairfixture inserted in it. Fig. 2 is a section of the fixture. Fig. 3 is asection on line 3, 3, in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectionon the sameline, but showing a modified form of construction.

In the drawing to illustrate the use of the fixture I have shown asection of pipe 10 and a section of pipe 11 which were origi-. nallyjoined, and the section 10, when the line of pipe was in good order,extended down into the bell 12 of the pipe 11. If this section 10developed a leak it would be necessary to either put a patch on it, orelse out out that part of the pipe that was damaged way down andincluding the part within the bell 12, cut a new section of pipe,including its bell so that the bell of the new section of pipe would goon the cut end of the section 10 and the small end of the new piecewould go into the bell 12, but in order to get this section of pipe in,it would have to be cut short so that when put in at an angle down intothe bell 12, it could be swung perpendicular under the section 10 andthen raised enough to have its own bell embrace the bottom end of thesection 10. This makes an unsatisfactory fixture and one in which therepairing is not satisfactory very often on account of the pipe settlingdown and also on account of its not making tight abutting joints to holdthe calking material against entrance into the line of pipe.

My fixture embodies a male member 13 which h as a bell portion 14forming an enlarged end, the other member being a female 9 member 15which has a reduced end 16, the female member being larger than the malemember 13 so as to provide a space between themfor the insertion ofcalking material for making a joint between the two members when theyare to be placed in a line of pipe. lVhen a break occurs in the pipe,and the broken part of the pipe has been cut out as shown in Fig. l, thefemale member 15 has its small end 16 inserted down in the bell 12 andthe male member 13 is lowered telescopically so that it goes under theend of the section 10. The member 13 is then lifted to have its bellembrace the small end of the section 10, and then by turning-one or both-tended position.

of the sections in the proper direction, the

helical rib 17, forming a screw-thread on the outside of the member 13at its bottom, will engage the helical rib 18 on the inside of thefemale member 15 so as to force the two members apart longitudinally andcause their ends to engage the abutting ends of the pipe sections toform tight joints to limit the entrance of calking material, thislocking means, that is, the helical ribs themselves forming a limit forthe hemp gasket, or for other material or articles used in the calkingoperation.

In lieu of the helical ribs I may use lugs 19 on the member 15 and lugs20 on the member 13, these lugs being adapted to be passed by each otherthrough the spaces between them and then turned so that they are inregister so that the lugs 20 will rest on the lugs 19 and support themembers in ex- Sets of the lugs 19 can be placed on different elevationsto allow for the different heights at which the member 13 is to be held.

Having thus described ly invention, what I claim is A repair fixture forflanged pipescompris ing a male member having an enlarged outer end, themember having a sleeve-like portion of considerable length with ahelical rib on its inner end, a female member to contain the sleeve-likeportion of the male member, the female member being of substantially thesame diameter, except for a reduced outer end, and a short helical ribon the inside of the female member substantially equi-distant between.its inner end and the reduced outer end, the last mentioned helical ribbeing adapted to receive the helical rib of'the male member and also toact as a limit to the entrance of calking material.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 16th day of July 1912.

NATHAN AUGUST, JR. Witnesses:

WM. H. OAMFIELD, M. A. JoHNsoN,

